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"China Rising?”a Half-Day Conference

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Friday, April 05, 2013, 08:00am - 05:00pm

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Will China Impact My Future?Find out at “China Rising?”a Half-Day Conference to be held atReinhardt University on April 5, 2013Almost every day in a newspaper, on the internet, or watchingtelevision, we encounter China. How important is China economically andpolitically? Will China continue to grow in importance? What do we needto know about China to be prepared for the future?Community members, business owners and political leaders are invited to“China Rising?,” a half-day conference exploring the China of todayand tomorrow, at Reinhardt University in Waleska, Ga., on Friday, April5, 2013. The morning lectures will be held in the Bannister Glass House,Hasty Student Life Center, and are open to the public free of charge.The concluding panel discussion and luncheon will be in the W. Frank andEvelyn J. Gordy Center, and the first 50 registrants will get a freelunch. Register and learn more atwww.reinhardt.edu/yearof.Dr. Curtis G. Lindquist, professor of religion and philosophy atReinhardt, has spearheaded the event, and he invited the featuredspeakers -- Dr. John W. Garver, a professor with the Sam Nunn School ofInternational Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Dr.Penny Prime, a professor with the J. Mack Robinson College of Businessat Georgia State University and the director of the China ResearchCenter -- because of their expertise in Chinese economic and politicallife and their decades of first-hand experience in and intensiveacademic study of China.“Dr. Penny Prime is a recognized expert on China's developingeconomy,” Lindquist said. “She has worked extensively with companiesseeking to develop business ties with China. Dr. John Garver is aseasoned political observer and analysist of China's political life. Hismore recent interests involve writing and speaking about China in itsregional Asian setting.”Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. From 9 - 9:50 a.m., Garver willpresent “American Pre-eminence and China's Emergence as a GlobalPower.” From 10 - 10:50 a.m., Prime will speak on “SustainingChina's Growth: New Leaders, New Directions.”From 11 - 11:50 a.m., Reinhardt faculty will speak on their experiencesas part of a Fulbright-Hays Seminar in 2005, as well as other travelsand study in China. The event will conclude with a lunch and roundtablediscussion from 12:30 - 1:30 in the Community Room of the Frank andEvelyn J. Gordy Center. Lunch will be free for the first 50registrants.Garver has written nine books and more than 100 articles andmonographs dealing with Chinese foreign relations. He has served on theeditorial boards of the several journals related to China and is amember of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. He hasdirected several university study programs in China and has conductedformal research in a number of Asian countries. He has received grantsfrom the Fulbright Foundation, the U.S. National Academy of Science, theU.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Institute for PakistanStudies. Garver has a Ph.D. and M.S. in political science from theUniversity of Colorado and a B.A. in Political Science and a B.S. inPsychology from Oklahoma State University. He has lived in China,traveled widely throughout Eurasia, is fluent in Chinese and has taughtthat language to his two children.Prime has focused her teaching and research on the development ofemerging markets, with a particular emphasis on China's economy andbusiness environment. Her most recent books are “Global Giant: IsChina Changing the Rules of the Game?” (co-edited with Eva Paus andJon Western, Palgrave McMillan, 2009) and “Taiwan’s Democracy:Economic and Political Challenges,” (co-edited with Robert Ash andJohn W. Garver, Routledge, 2011).Her experience includes directing study abroad programs; conductingfield research in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong; analyzing China’seconomy for the Center for International Research at the U.S. Bureau ofthe Census from 1991-1998; and working with companies on China strategy,business environment, negotiations and cultural understanding.Prime is also the founder and director of the China Research Center, anon-profit organization dedicated to research and education aboutcontemporary China. Before joining the GSU faculty, Dr. Prime taught atMercer University, Kennesaw State University, and Carleton College. Sheearned her Ph.D., and M.A. in Economics at the University of Michiganand a B.A. in Chinese Studies at the University of Denver.Through the “Year of” program, Reinhardt students, faculty andstaff explore a specific region of the world each year. During the2012-13 year, the emphasis has been on China. The Year of program beganin 2003.###